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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

I'm really, really late to this party, but I just spent three world-oblivious hours playing Rez. It's so fucking good I don't even know what to do with myself now. I played just long enough to beat the main 5 levels. I'll tackle the 'beyond' section this weekend, I think. When I started playing I was fairly frustrated with an aspect of my life. Now, I'm beside myself with exhilaration. Although, I am quite disappointed that she is still trapped inside the system. Do I need to complete all the 'beyond' stuff to free her?

Hope posts about this game aren't stale at this point. I really want to read and eat a bowl of grape nuts. So that's what I'll do.
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:02 pm Post subject:

your ending depends on your performance in area 5.

next start playing direct assault mode. it's how the game is really intended to be played.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

You kids today don't know you're born, with your Rez and your Trance Vibrators. When I was a lad I had to make do with a copy of Starfox and a dildo up my arse. You didn't hear me complaining.

dessgeega · Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:35 pm Post subject:

you can manuever those three-pronged controllers into some interesting places.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

I don't own a copy for myself, but a friend of mine lent it to me during the holidays. The only problem is, I don't have a memory card, so I have to play from start to finish constantly, and it leaves me little room to play Direct Assault, even though I'm intrigued as to what the different genres of music actively do. Irritatingly enough, I almost beat Area 5 with the best ending, only to get hit by a missile barely a second away from firing the last shot.

The real reason I seem to beat it, as great as it all is, is to unlock Trance Mission. The main game sets me up for something truly great, but Trance Mission, which practically breaks down all the established rules in a minimalistic fit with it's glitch ambience, really takes me out of myself like only a noise album could.

Funnily enough, whenever me and my friend talk about it, the transcendental theme is the one thing that gets constantly brought up, and that leads to all sorts of interesting topics of conversation.

The sort you'd get discussing a canvas, say.
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dhex · Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:34 am Post subject:

i really like rez and i'm glad i bought a copy, but i also can't get past level 4.

the graphics kinda confuse me.

i also apparently suck.
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OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

Rez is one of my all-time favorite games. I love it. It's hard for me to talk about it without getting all fanboy-ish. I like playing it in the middle of the night with the surround sound cranked waaay up and all the lights turned off.

For some reason, my friends don't like the game at all. We busted it out during my birthday party a few months ago and some guys made fun of it like it was some kind of Mystery Science Theater 3000 kind of thing. Consequently, I stopped talking to some of these people after that night (not because of Rez though).

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Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

Poppycock! You haven't experienced the game properly until you've gotten 100% of everything on each stage anyway.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

dessgeega · Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:58 pm Post subject:

not quite. keep playing, you'll get it eventually.

and psh to you, matt. i've unlocked everything and i'm rather proud of it.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

So what are the conditions to open up trance mission?
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Rank first on Lost Area.
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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

I just picked Rez back up for a few hours yesterday. It's really, really good. And I'm really, really not--but I'm getting better!

I 100%'ed the first two levels, nearly got there on the third and fourth, beat direct assault mode and tried lost area for the first time. I'll get the good ending, so help me!

Anyone want to tell me their high score in direct assault or the score attacks so that I have something to work toward?
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Ethoscapade · . Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 276

i can't remember unlocking much of anything or really trying any mode other than the main game, but i definitely remember managing the good ending at least once.

it's heartbreaking.

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:30 pm Post subject:

i love any game that wishes you a good night when you finish it.
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JamesE · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject:

The only level of Rez I remember with any great degree of fondness is stage 5, with the crazy evolution/batshit AI talking to you theme, the Adam Freeland track, the boss rush and the big final showdown.

Rez has a problem and the problem is this: the game is a fucking failure. It's a failure because the music mostly is generic and forgettable. If they'd carried through and got Underworld's seal of approval it would have been fucking mighty - imagine like, anything by Underworld blasting out as you play REZ! They could have called it REZ Vol. 1 and put pods in clubs and made lots of money and probably launched a really classy franchise that could have been like Singstar for club kids.

As it is, generic developer music, no level narratives until the end, pretty much a game I own for the last level, the one that did it right. I keep thinking of how perfect it could have been and it's really sad.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

hey i like the music

it would have been killer if underworld came onboard, though.

and to be quite honest, i hated how the last level added a narrative. it's my least favourite level.
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JamesE · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:55 pm Post subject:

I liked it loads better than LOTS OF WEIRD SHAPES TO STARE AT but then I've never played REZ mashed off my tits before.

I think the narrative would have worked better without text, maybe?
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

actually yes, i think that was what my biggest problem with it was! didn't help that the text was so cheesy.

also i'm a big fan of weird shapes to stare at, so i guess that explains that.
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JamesE · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:00 pm Post subject:

I mean, that's what I'm looking for - a sense of progression, told visually, with no leaden speech bullshit. Not just from REZ, from games in general.
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JamesE · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:55 pm Post subject:

RadarScope1 · . Joined: 25 Aug 2007 Posts: 24 Location: Missouri

I need to get back into Rez. Like Shaper, I haven't beaten it and unlocked the other modes. My problem is if I play it for more than an hour straight my thumb starts hurting. Maybe I'm must a wimp.

I find myself wanting a good arcade stick for PS2 for this game, but then again an arcade stick wouldn't have the full range of analog motion that the controller thumsticks do.

helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

JamesE you are not a very sensible person right now. Did you really come all the way over here just to be grumpy? Besides, stages 1-4 do tell stories of evolution without the text. It's architectural and musical evolution, though, not biological. You should play them again and try a little harder with your imagination.

Also:

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dessgeega · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject:

yeah, i think the reason the fifth area works so well is that builds on the narrative framework the first four areas provide. each of the areas shows growing complexity in gameplay, visuals and music simultaneously, which mirrors the theme of "evolution" which area 5's text makes overt.
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dhex · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:02 pm Post subject:

hey i'll be selling my copy in a bit actually so yeah.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

When I got my PS3 I tried to put this game in to play it because I was really excited! Then, it wouldn't play and I was like WTF?! Yea, well, I forgot I bought the Japanese version.
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dessgeega · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:10 am Post subject:

so is that what sony was talking about when they said the ps3 would have no region protection?
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279